Hair clip



B. DALBERTO Jan. 25, 1949.

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Patented Jan. 25, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 2,459,926

HAIR CLIP Benedetto D'Alberto,.Bi-ooklyn, N. Y. Application April 9, 1947,6312! No. 740,30! 6 Glalms- (Cl. 13MB.)

The invention relates generally to the art of hair dressing and seeks to provide a novel form of hair clip which is simple in construction and can be manufactured at low cost, and which is designed to be particularly effective in securely holding coiled hair tress-es during drying and setting periods incidental to hair curling or related styling processes.

In the hair dressing art it is a practice to form the hair into numerous small curls or ringlets and'to secure said curls or ringlets close to the head as a preliminary step in drying and setting processes incidental to the formation of the desired wave or related styling. A common practice has been to insert a multiple of hair pins into each curl or ringlet in order to securely hold the same in position. Obviously this is a tedious and time consuming practice, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a novel form of hair clip including spring pressed jaws between which the formed hair tress, curls or ringlets may be individually held throughout the styling process, said clip being formed in a manner facilitating the mounting and removal thereof and the efficient holding of the curls or ringlets during the styling process.

In its more detailed nature the invention seeks to provide a novel form of hair clip comprising a pair of opposing tress clamping jaws having finger pieces extending therefrom in angular relation andshaped to provide shoulders at either side of the extensions, cooperating fulcrum rib and groove equipments disposed adjacent the shoulders and effective to permit pivotal movement of the jaws apart and toward each other;

and c-springs extending over the shoulders and engaging the jaws in a manner for constantly tending to hold them in clamping engagement.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved hair clip of the. character stated in which the cooperating, jaws are composed of molded plastic and have their main body portions defined by well rounded side edges which converge to provide well rounded points. said jaws also having recesses therein to receive the ends of the C-springs and spaced inwardly from the side edges to provide an unbroken continuity-of said edges.

With the above and other objects in view that will hereinafter appear; tho'natmfe' of the invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the following detailed description. the appended claims, and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure, l is a side elevation illustrating aihair clip embodying the invention, the jaws being shown in the closed position in full lines, and in the open position in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view.

' rib I of the lower spaced recesses IS. The recesses Figure 3 is a perspective View.

Figure 4 is a vertical cross section taken across the main body portions of the jaws and the registering slots therein.

F ure 5 is a horizontal section taken between the opposing jaws and through the C-springs.

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Figure -'7 is a side elevation illustrating the hair clip shown in Figure 6.

F gure 8 is a vertical cross section taken across the engaging jaws of the hair clip shown in Figure 6.

The improved hair clip herein disclosed is formed of two simple jaw members preferably formed of molded plastic and yieldablv held in the hair tress clamping position by C-springs mounted in a novel manner.

The'lower jaw member 5 includes well rounded side edge portions which converge to provide a well rounded nose point. 6. The member 5 also includes a transversely disposed, upstanding fulcrum rib l, and a lonigtudinal center slot 8 extends between the ncse 6 and said rib, the defining edges of the jaw member. A finger piece 9 of reduced width extends in the same plane beyond the main body of the jaw, and the undersurface of said extension is. corrugated as at Hi to provide a secure finger grip. Two laterally spaced recesses H are formed in the bottom surface of the jaw membar 5 adjacent the fulcrum rib I.

An upper jaw member I2 is provided, also preferably formed of molded plastic and corresponding in shape to the main body portion of the lower jaw member, that is the side edge portions thereof converge to provide a well rounded nose portion l3. The upper jaw member l2 also is provided with a longitudinally extending slot l6 defined by well rounded edge portions and registering with the slotfl in the lower jaw member 5. The upper jaw member I! is provided with a transverse groove l5 disposed to receive and fulcrum on the jaw member, and a reduced ling earpiece l6 extends from the main body of the upper jaw at an upward incline with relation to the main body of the jaw member in the manner clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 3. The upper face of the inclined finger piece extension i6 is corrugated as at H tofacilitate the finger gripping of said extension. It willbe noted also that the uppenface of the main. body portion of the upper jaw-member i2 is provided with'two laterally l8 are so disposed as to lie directly over the recesses l l in the lower jaw member, and the two sets of recesses 'formed at opposite sides of the finger piece extensions'dand" '6 are adapted to receive the free ends of two O-sprlngs l9 which pass about the end slot being well rounded in the same manner as the side edge portions of the the other portions 6 and 7 alone to contact when the clip is the extended finger pieces 9 and td'and pressing them together in the manner indicated .llifdota Q ofthejaw in repose as shown in full lines in Figure 1. grippin the corrugated surfacesv It, and ii, of

ted lines in Figure 1, the free ends 4 having a flat main body portion with sides converging to a well rounded point and a finger piece extension reduced in width at the juncture thereof with said main body portions so as to provide end shoulders; one of said jaws having-a fulcrum rib'extendin'g thereacross adjacent'its shoulders,

and the other of said jaws having a'groove extending thereacross adjacent its shoulders in poi ticular jaw, and

members 5 and I2 can be forced apart in the "man ner indicated to readily receive therebetween a hair tress curl or ringlet in the manner well known in the art, and by then releasing th'efinger pressure upon the extension pieces, the jaw members 5 and i 2 may be permitted to securely clamp the tress curl or ringlet therebetween.

By reason of the particular placement of the jaw recesses l l and i 8 and the'spacing thereof inwardly from the lateral edge portions of the jaw members, the free ends of the C-springs are shielded from whole hair clip structure presents a smooth continuity which may be inserted in and removed from the hair without danger of catching and pulling the hair, r

In Figures 6, 7 and 8 of the drawing there is illustrated a modified form of the invention in which the clip structure is generally similar to that described. Howeven-it will be noted that in this form of the invention the lower jaw member is provided with a transverse fulcrum groove 2 and the upper jaw member is provided witha fulcrum rib 23 disposed to engage in said groove. Also, the upper jaw member is provided with a convex engaging face 2d, and the lower jaw is provided with a cooperating concave engaging face 25. Thus it will be apparent that the same general relation of finger pieceextensions and G-springs is retained, with a reversal of the fulcrum rib and groove equipment, and with the concave or convex hair engaging jaw surfaces found desirable: by some operators. 7

While one form of the invention has been shown for purposes of illustration, itisto be clearly understood that various changes in the details of construction and arrangement .oiparts may be made without departing of the invention asdefined I claim: 7 Y 1. A hair clip of the character described comprising a pair of opposed hair clamping jaws each having a fiat main body. portion with sides convergingto a well rounded point and a finger piece extension reduced in width at the juncture thereof with said main body portions so as to provide end in the appended claims.

shoulders, one of said jaws having a fulcrum rib extending'thereacross adjacent its shoulders, and of said jaws having a groove extending thereacross adjacent itsshoulders in position for receiving and fulcruming on said rib, the finger piece extensions of the jaws being disposed to bear angular relation one to the other so'that the .end extremities thereof will be spaced apart when the jaws are closed, and a C-spring extending over;

the jaw body shoulders at each piece extensions and having its 7 jaw body portions so as to constantly tendtohold the jaws together. 1 2. A hair clip of the character described comside of the finger contact with the hair and. the 7 ends engaging the.

s'iti'on for receiving and fulcruming on said rib, the finger piece extension of one jaw being extended in the plane of the main body of the parthe finger piece extension of the other jaw being extended in angular relation to the main body of the particular jaw so as to be spaced at its end extremity from the end extremitytof the other finger piece extension, and a -C=spring extending overthe jaw body shoulders ateachzside of the finger piece extensions and aving its ends engaging the jaw body portions so as to constantly" tend to hold the jaws to- -gether.' 1

Ajhair clip as defined in claim 1 in which the outwardly presented opposite faces of the jaw main body portions, have recesses formedtherein and each spaced inwardly from the respective adjacent side edge of the jaw main body portion and in position to receive the respective ends of the C springsg 1 a I '4. A hair clip as defined in claim 1 in which the outwardly presented opposite faces of the jaw main body. portions have recesses formed therein in position to receivethe ends of the C-springs, saidrecesses being spaced inwardly from the side edges of said jaw main body portions so as to provide side edgesof unbroken continuity along the whole of the jaw main body portions. 7

5. A hair clip of the character described comprising a pair of opposed hair clamping jaws each having a flat mainv body: portion with sides converging to awell rounded point and a finger piece extension reduced in width at the juncture thereof with said main body portions so as to provide end shoulders, one'of said jaws having fulcrum fromthe spirit and scope prising a pair of opposed hair clamping jaws each means projecting therefrom adjacent its shoulders, and the other of saidjaws' beingrecessed adjacent its shoulders to receive the fulcrum means projecting from said one jaw, the finger piece'ex- 'tensions of the jaws being disposed to bear angular relationi one to the other so that the end extremities thereof will be spaced apart when the jaws are closed,and a C-spring extending over 'the jaw bodyshoulders at each side of the finger piece extensions and having its ends engaging the jaw'body portions so as to constantly tend to hold thegjaws together.

' 6. A hair ,clip'asdefined in claim 5 in which the outwardlypresented opposite faces ofthe jaw the whole of the jaw main body portions. 7

BENEDETTO D ALBERTOf REFERENCES CITED The; following reierences are of record in the hi f this patent:

UNITED' STATES PATENTS 7 Number Name Date 1 ,893,281; Goodman Jan. 3, 1933 ;2 ,133,1 l -5 Jones Oct, 11, 1938 

